On Saturday, senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia, who was freed from prison on a charge related to the Delhi excise policy, urged party members and the general public to resist the “dictatorship” in the nation.
He also remarked that the BJP was not more strong than the Constitution, taking aim at them. Speaking to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members at the party’s headquarters, Mr. Sisodia stated that everyone must fight against this “dictatorship” that is harassing civilians in addition to locking up leaders.
He stated that he was not concerned about receiving bail when he was incarcerated, but that it grieved him to see businesspeople being held in “fake cases just because they did not donate money to the BJP”.
The Supreme Court on Friday granted Mr Sisodia bail in corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged excise policy “scam” and said his long incarceration of 17 months without trial had deprived him of the right to speedy justice.
On AAP chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is also in jail in the case, Mr Sisodia said he is the symbol of honesty in the country.
Conspiracies are being hatched to defame Mr Kejriwal’s work, he said and added that if opposition leaders unite against the “dictatorship”, Mr Kejriwal will come out of jail in 24 hours.
Mr Sisodia told AAP workers that “we are just horses of a chariot but our real ‘saarthi’ (charioteer) is in jail, he will come out soon”. On his bail verdict, Mr Sisodia said the Supreme Court used the power of the Constitution to “trample dictatorship” yesterday.
He said he was hoping to get justice in seven-to-eight months but it took 17 months. But at the end truth triumphed, Mr Sisodia said.
Seeking to target the BJP over the Vinesh Phogat issue, Mr Sisodia, without taking the wrestler’s name, said she protested against its leader and people saw what happened at the Olympics.
Ms Phogat, who was disqualified from the Paris Olympics for being found 100 grams overweight ahead of her women’s 50kg final, was at the forefront of a lengthy protest alleging government inaction against former Wrestling Federation of India head Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who was accused of sexual harassment by women wrestlers.
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Source: NDTV
